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Free Trade, Berwick upon Tweed

75, Castlegate, Berwick upon Tweed, TD15 1LF (View on Google Map)
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Built in 1847 and with no major alterations since 1910 this is one of only two pubs in the huge county of Northumberland currently on CAMRA's National Inventory of Pub Interiors of Outstanding Historic Interest. (See above.) An absolutely marvellous family-run gem of a pub and still "Berwick's Bonniest Boozer". Full of character and characters happily returned to the real ale fold in spring 2012. Well worth a visit but note does not open Tuesdays nor weekday lunchtimes. Also if travelling a long distance an advance telephone call could prove useful.

Historic Interest

Stained glass and screens along bar.

Information for this venue is provided by the Tyneside & Northumberland Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Local Authority
Last updated
30/04/2024
Last surveyed
17/02/2024
Pub ID
TYN/4329
Asset of Community Value

Three star - A pub interior of outstanding national historic importance

Listed status: II

This is a wonderful survival of a traditional small urban pub, said to date from 1767 (the 1849 datestone to the left refers only to now-demolished tenement buildings at the rear). The pub was refitted around 1910 and displays a very unusual layout. This features a partition, with iron stays attached to the ceiling, forming a corridor down the left-hand side, which leads to a tiny former off-sales in the middle of the pub. The public bar at the front is L-shaped and wood panelled;it retains its (presumably) 1910 bar counter, bar-back (with drawers and shelves held up by fluted pilasters), seating with bell-pushes and period fireplace with green tiles and touches of Art Nouveau-style detail. The front window has attractive stained glass. The rear room was a smoke room but is now used for pool and has wall panelling. This room has bell-pushes and an attractive brick and tile fireplace probably installed just before or after the Second World War.

General information about historic pub interiors

Refitted in about 1910 with few alterations since. The layout, the result of a highly unusual partition, is, from CAMRA's considerable research, considered to be the only remaining example. The very rare partition with its iron stays attached to the ceiling forms a corridor down the left side that allowed those using the off-sales counter in the middle of the pub privacy from people in the bar. A door in the partition leads into the basic, panelled front bar, which was once two small rooms, it retains its original bar counter, original bar-back with drawers and shelves held up by fluted pilasters, bench seating with bell-pushes and Edwardian tiled fireplace. The off-sales area still retains its counter but the area is usually filled up with a cigarette machine and other clutter. The rear smoke room beyond an Edwardian glazed partition wall has a small continuation of the original bar back in the public bar, an old, but not original, fireplace and more recent bench seating.

General information about historic pub interiors
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Opening
Monday
7:00pm - 11:00pm
Tuesday
Closed
Wednesday
Closed
Thursday
7:00pm - 11:00pm
Friday
7:00pm - Midnight
Saturday
Noon - 1:00am
Sunday
Noon - 11:00pm
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Facilities
Sports TV Sports TV
Parking Parking
Dog Friendly Dog Friendly
Real Fire Real Fire
Separate Bar Separate Bar
Features
Real Ale Real Ale
Real Heritage Pub Real Heritage Pub
Quiet Quiet
Transport
Close to bus routes (30m)
Arriva: X15/X18; Borders Buses: various
Nearby Station (250m)
Berwick-upon-Tweed
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